Samuel Crompton memorial statue, Bolton
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Samuel Crompton memorial statue, Bolton
Image: © Kenneth Allen Taken: 22 Sep 2008
He invented the Spinning Mule which helped to revolutionise the cotton industry but was never credited in his lifetime - more at http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/collections/local-history/local-life/samuel-crompton/
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Image Location
Latitude
53.579495
Longitude
-2.41153